A: No. The driver fails once and stops trying.
dmesg | grep -i firmware If updating doesn’t work, manually create or download the iwl-debug-yoyo.bin file. firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin free
echo "options iwlwifi debug=0x0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi-debug.conf sudo update-initramfs -u sudo reboot Then check: firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin free
sudo update-initramfs -u # Debian/Ubuntu sudo dracut --force # Fedora/RHEL sudo mkinitcpio -P # Arch Reboot and verify: firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin free
sudo dnf update kernel-firmware sudo reboot
cat /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/debug It should return 0x0 . If you see the exact string iwldebugyoyobin free in your logs (not just iwl-debug-yoyo.bin ), you may have a malicious or corrupt script. Search for it: